Help me, help him! My best friends getting engaged! We need a ring :)

Sooo, About a Yea ago I played match maker accidentally. My fiance and I sat at dinner with a co-worker of his and as he was talking I decided he was a perfrcg match for my best friend of twenty years. After explaining this to both of them I.exchanged.their info with eachother. So fast forward a year, she moved here to south Carolina from Ohio and they’ve been together since and both act, seem and claim to be totally in love! Now it’s time to get engaged so he says, he wants to totally suprise her with the ring.

When she first saw my ring in person she said she loved it but would never want a diamond herself (didn’t ask why) and if she got engaged she wanted something super sparkley..and something about an Australian quartz?

So what’s supper.sparkly? It needs to be able to stand time of course. She doesn’t work hard (computer job) and does zero outside. I’m more so looking for the perfect stone type

Super sparkly options that are not diamond: Moissanite, faceted Herkimer Diamond (a variety of clear quartz) or faceted Danburite (another crystal that is clear and is diamond like, but not nearly as brilliant or fiery).

Also, there are many bees that are found of CZ, especially Asha. They are very glittery from what I understand, but I have never seen one in person.

I would probe her further in subtle ways to find out what she really likes before getting anything, but that is just me! I wanted to pick out my own ring. 🙂

Have you bought your wedding band yet? Ask her to go to a jewelery store to look at bands and casually ask her what type of rings she likes! Something super sparkly that is not diamond could be a lot of things!

Are you sure she said Australian quartz? Australia is known for their black opals. They’re very rare and full of fire. This is an example of blue & green toned opal, but they also come in red, yellow, etc.

Smoky quartz? A 7 on the MOHs scale so not too soft. I have a pendant that has smoky quartz and it looks like it’d be sparkly if cut right… Though any e ring would look nice and sparkly if it has diamond side stones or a halo.